This is how good we felt after visiting the Kom Ombo temple dedicated to the great crocodile god Sobek. Crocodiles get a bad rap. No one likes ‘em: they’re spiky, snappy, sharp, alienating, not warm, not fuzzy, not cute. But the ancient Egyptians revered the crocodile for its primordial wisdom, swiftness and killer instinct. Sobek was a great protector God and a fantastic ally in the underworld. This temple is one of the only in all of Egypt to be dedicated to two Neteru: Sobek and his goodie two shoes sidekick Horus. The temple is split down the middle, identical on both sides, with one half dedicated to each. The symbolism is how we hold both dark and light aspects in our own inner temple and how we absolutely must honor the darkness and shadows within ourselves. It’s not all love and light out there in the world and it’s definitely not all love and light in here, inside yourself. I’m speaking from personal experience by the way. The great lesson here is how to Co-exist with both. We will never obliterate the shadow but we can learn how to work with it. We bring the fierceness of Sobek to courageously examine and see our funky junk, then we swirl that with the light within ourselves, slowly tempering it awhile viewing it all at a distance with the great Falcon’s eye of Horus. There is a special spot in the dead center of this temple where both light and dark coexist in sacred harmony (you can stick your head into the space); that balance, which is never fixed, never controlled is the holy virtue of Ma’at. Such a privilege to share this sacred space at 4am with our terrific group, experiencing meditations and activations together just before the sun rose. After wards we jumped in the Nile and did some Upward Crocodile yoga moves. In the wisdom of Ma’at, we like our serious spiritual practice served with a healthy side of play🐊🦅🪬🙏🏻❤️